Eleven students from Bemidji State University will share the results of their academic efforts at the Fourth Annual Minnesota Conference of Undergraduate Scholarly and Creative Activity, April 13 at Winona State University.

The conference is open to any undergraduate student at one of Minnesota’s seven state universities who is engaged in collaborative or independent research, scholarly or creative activity, and is sponsored by a faculty member.

The Minnesota Conference of Undergraduate Scholarly and Creative Activity allows undergraduate students from Minnesota’s state universities to present his or her academic work through poster presentations, oral papers, visual art, displays and performance art. The conference promotes students from Minnesota’s state universities as leaders in undergraduate research and allows students to meet and interact with peers from sister institutions across the state.

Bemidji State’s participants:
Devan Bierbrauer, senior, English, creative/professional writing; “Bones of the Soup: An Exploration of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Methodology”
Amber Dorr, senior, psychology; “Racial Microaggressions in American Indian Healthcare”
Jessica Dulz, senior, political science, psychology; “Life as an Undergraduate TA: Sustaining Life Student/ Peer Relationships in the Classroom”
Hunter Edberg, senior, psychology; “Fossil Fuel Free Fish House”
Lynda LaFond, graduate, biology, environmental studies; “Effects of Three Land Management Regimes on Small Mammal Abundance at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota”
Rachel Munson, senior, history, humanities; “The Boar-Image in Medieval Scandinavia”
Gilbert Penaherrera, mathematics; “Pursuing the Saddle Point: Social Science vs. Natural Sciences”
Randall Riehl, senior, psychology, biology; “Life as an Undergraduate TA: Sustaining Life Student/ Peer Relationships in the Classroom” and “Fossil Fuel Free Fish House”
Nathan Stott, senior, aquatic biology; “Migration and Size Variance of Larval Northern Pike (Esox lucius) in the Tamarack River”
Jane White, senior, biology; “Labor Exploitation in Juarez, Mexico: Gender Issues in the Maquiladoras”
Douglas Zentner, senior, aquatic biology; “A Genetic Based Approach to Management and Stocking of Muskellunge”

Contact
Dr. Troy Gilbertson, professor of criminal justice

Links
• Event Schedule